1f0706e82SJiri Bencconfig MAC80211 2f0706e82SJiri Benc tristate "Generic IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack (mac80211)" 30aa8204bSJohannes Berg depends on CFG80211 4f0706e82SJiri Benc select CRYPTO 5f0706e82SJiri Benc select CRYPTO_ECB 6f0706e82SJiri Benc select CRYPTO_ARC4 7f0706e82SJiri Benc select CRYPTO_AES 8f0706e82SJiri Benc select CRC32 9f0706e82SJiri Benc ---help--- 10f0706e82SJiri Benc This option enables the hardware independent IEEE 802.11 11f0706e82SJiri Benc networking stack. 12f0706e82SJiri Benc 130aa8204bSJohannes Bergcomment "CFG80211 needs to be enabled for MAC80211" 140aa8204bSJohannes Berg depends on CFG80211=n 150aa8204bSJohannes Berg 16abd8ea22SLuis R. Rodriguezif MAC80211 != n 17ac71c691SJohannes Berg 18c2ef355bSAndres Salomonconfig MAC80211_HAS_RC 19c2ef355bSAndres Salomon def_bool n 20c2ef355bSAndres Salomon 21e5f5e733SAdrian Bunkconfig MAC80211_RC_PID 22e5f5e733SAdrian Bunk bool "PID controller based rate control algorithm" if EMBEDDED 23c2ef355bSAndres Salomon select MAC80211_HAS_RC 24e5f5e733SAdrian Bunk ---help--- 25e5f5e733SAdrian Bunk This option enables a TX rate control algorithm for 26e5f5e733SAdrian Bunk mac80211 that uses a PID controller to select the TX 27e5f5e733SAdrian Bunk rate. 28e5f5e733SAdrian Bunk 29cccf129fSFelix Fietkauconfig MAC80211_RC_MINSTREL 308eb41c93SLuis R. Rodriguez bool "Minstrel" if EMBEDDED 31c2ef355bSAndres Salomon select MAC80211_HAS_RC 328eb41c93SLuis R. Rodriguez default y 33cccf129fSFelix Fietkau ---help--- 34cccf129fSFelix Fietkau This option enables the 'minstrel' TX rate control algorithm 35cccf129fSFelix Fietkau 36c21b39acSStefano Briviochoice 37c21b39acSStefano Brivio prompt "Default rate control algorithm" 38c2ef355bSAndres Salomon depends on MAC80211_HAS_RC 398eb41c93SLuis R. Rodriguez default MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_MINSTREL 40c21b39acSStefano Brivio ---help--- 41c21b39acSStefano Brivio This option selects the default rate control algorithm 42c21b39acSStefano Brivio mac80211 will use. Note that this default can still be 43692105b8SMatt LaPlante overridden through the ieee80211_default_rc_algo module 444b475898SJohannes Berg parameter if different algorithms are available. 45ac71c691SJohannes Berg 46c21b39acSStefano Brivioconfig MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_PID 47c21b39acSStefano Brivio bool "PID controller based rate control algorithm" 48e5f5e733SAdrian Bunk depends on MAC80211_RC_PID 49c21b39acSStefano Brivio ---help--- 50c21b39acSStefano Brivio Select the PID controller based rate control as the 51c21b39acSStefano Brivio default rate control algorithm. You should choose 52c21b39acSStefano Brivio this unless you know what you are doing. 53c21b39acSStefano Brivio 54cccf129fSFelix Fietkauconfig MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_MINSTREL 55cccf129fSFelix Fietkau bool "Minstrel" 56cccf129fSFelix Fietkau depends on MAC80211_RC_MINSTREL 57cccf129fSFelix Fietkau ---help--- 58cccf129fSFelix Fietkau Select Minstrel as the default rate control algorithm. 59cccf129fSFelix Fietkau 60cccf129fSFelix Fietkau 61c21b39acSStefano Brivioendchoice 62c21b39acSStefano Brivio 63c21b39acSStefano Brivioconfig MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT 64c21b39acSStefano Brivio string 65cccf129fSFelix Fietkau default "minstrel" if MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_MINSTREL 668eb41c93SLuis R. Rodriguez default "pid" if MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_PID 67c21b39acSStefano Brivio default "" 68c21b39acSStefano Brivio 69abd8ea22SLuis R. Rodriguezendif 70ad018375SMattias Nissler 71c2ef355bSAndres Salomoncomment "Some wireless drivers require a rate control algorithm" 72c2ef355bSAndres Salomon depends on MAC80211_HAS_RC=n 73c2ef355bSAndres Salomon 742f5ce793SJohannes Bergconfig MAC80211_MESH 752f5ce793SJohannes Berg bool "Enable mac80211 mesh networking (pre-802.11s) support" 7637659ff8SLuis Carlos Cobo depends on MAC80211 && EXPERIMENTAL 772f5ce793SJohannes Berg ---help--- 785c142e8dSJohannes Berg This options enables support of Draft 802.11s mesh networking. 7918889231SJavier Cardona The implementation is based on Draft 2.08 of the Mesh Networking 8018889231SJavier Cardona amendment. However, no compliance with that draft is claimed or even 8118889231SJavier Cardona possible, as drafts leave a number of identifiers to be defined after 8218889231SJavier Cardona ratification. For more information visit http://o11s.org/. 832f5ce793SJohannes Berg 84f0706e82SJiri Bencconfig MAC80211_LEDS 85f0706e82SJiri Benc bool "Enable LED triggers" 86bd8fd21dSLuca Tettamanti depends on MAC80211 87bd8fd21dSLuca Tettamanti select NEW_LEDS 88bd8fd21dSLuca Tettamanti select LEDS_TRIGGERS 89f0706e82SJiri Benc ---help--- 90f0706e82SJiri Benc This option enables a few LED triggers for different 91f0706e82SJiri Benc packet receive/transmit events. 92f0706e82SJiri Benc 93e9f207f0SJiri Bencconfig MAC80211_DEBUGFS 94e9f207f0SJiri Benc bool "Export mac80211 internals in DebugFS" 95e9f207f0SJiri Benc depends on MAC80211 && DEBUG_FS 96e9f207f0SJiri Benc ---help--- 97e9f207f0SJiri Benc Select this to see extensive information about 98e9f207f0SJiri Benc the internal state of mac80211 in debugfs. 99e9f207f0SJiri Benc 100e9f207f0SJiri Benc Say N unless you know you need this. 101e9f207f0SJiri Benc 102f4ea83ddSJohannes Bergmenuconfig MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU 103f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg bool "Select mac80211 debugging features" 104f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg depends on MAC80211 105f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg ---help--- 106f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg This option collects various mac80211 debug settings. 107f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg 108f4ea83ddSJohannes Bergconfig MAC80211_NOINLINE 109f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg bool "Do not inline TX/RX handlers" 110f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg depends on MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU 111f0706e82SJiri Benc ---help--- 112f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg This option affects code generation in mac80211, when 113f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg selected some functions are marked "noinline" to allow 114f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg easier debugging of problems in the transmit and receive 115f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg paths. 116f0706e82SJiri Benc 117f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg This option increases code size a bit and inserts a lot 118f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg of function calls in the code, but is otherwise safe to 119f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg enable. 120f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg 121f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg If unsure, say N unless you expect to be finding problems 122f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg in mac80211. 123f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg 124f4ea83ddSJohannes Bergconfig MAC80211_VERBOSE_DEBUG 125f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg bool "Verbose debugging output" 126f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg depends on MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU 127f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg ---help--- 128f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg Selecting this option causes mac80211 to print out 129f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg many debugging messages. It should not be selected 130f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg on production systems as some of the messages are 131f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg remotely triggerable. 132f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg 133f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg Do not select this option. 134f0706e82SJiri Benc 13582b3cad9SRon Rindjunskyconfig MAC80211_HT_DEBUG 136f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg bool "Verbose HT debugging" 137f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg depends on MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU 13882b3cad9SRon Rindjunsky ---help--- 13982b3cad9SRon Rindjunsky This option enables 802.11n High Throughput features 14082b3cad9SRon Rindjunsky debug tracing output. 14182b3cad9SRon Rindjunsky 142f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg It should not be selected on production systems as some 143f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg of the messages are remotely triggerable. 14482b3cad9SRon Rindjunsky 145f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg Do not select this option. 146f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg 147f4ea83ddSJohannes Bergconfig MAC80211_TKIP_DEBUG 148f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg bool "Verbose TKIP debugging" 149f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg depends on MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU 150f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg ---help--- 151f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg Selecting this option causes mac80211 to print out 152f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg very verbose TKIP debugging messages. It should not 153f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg be selected on production systems as those messages 154f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg are remotely triggerable. 155f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg 156f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg Do not select this option. 157f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg 158f4ea83ddSJohannes Bergconfig MAC80211_IBSS_DEBUG 159f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg bool "Verbose IBSS debugging" 160f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg depends on MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU 161f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg ---help--- 162f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg Selecting this option causes mac80211 to print out 163f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg very verbose IBSS debugging messages. It should not 164f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg be selected on production systems as those messages 165f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg are remotely triggerable. 166f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg 167f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg Do not select this option. 168f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg 169f4ea83ddSJohannes Bergconfig MAC80211_VERBOSE_PS_DEBUG 170f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg bool "Verbose powersave mode debugging" 171f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg depends on MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU 172f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg ---help--- 173f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg Selecting this option causes mac80211 to print out very 174f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg verbose power save mode debugging messages (when mac80211 175f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg is an AP and has power saving stations.) 176f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg It should not be selected on production systems as those 177f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg messages are remotely triggerable. 178f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg 179f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg Do not select this option. 180f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg 181f4ea83ddSJohannes Bergconfig MAC80211_VERBOSE_MPL_DEBUG 182f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg bool "Verbose mesh peer link debugging" 183f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg depends on MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU 184f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg depends on MAC80211_MESH 185f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg ---help--- 186f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg Selecting this option causes mac80211 to print out very 187f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg verbose mesh peer link debugging messages (when mac80211 188f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg is taking part in a mesh network). 189f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg It should not be selected on production systems as those 190f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg messages are remotely triggerable. 191f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg 192f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg Do not select this option. 193f0706e82SJiri Benc 19427db2e42SRui Pauloconfig MAC80211_VERBOSE_MHWMP_DEBUG 19527db2e42SRui Paulo bool "Verbose mesh HWMP routing debugging" 19627db2e42SRui Paulo depends on MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU 19727db2e42SRui Paulo depends on MAC80211_MESH 19827db2e42SRui Paulo ---help--- 19927db2e42SRui Paulo Selecting this option causes mac80211 to print out very 20027db2e42SRui Paulo verbose mesh routing (HWMP) debugging messages (when mac80211 20127db2e42SRui Paulo is taking part in a mesh network). 20227db2e42SRui Paulo It should not be selected on production systems as those 20327db2e42SRui Paulo messages are remotely triggerable. 20427db2e42SRui Paulo 20527db2e42SRui Paulo Do not select this option. 20627db2e42SRui Paulo 207f0706e82SJiri Bencconfig MAC80211_DEBUG_COUNTERS 208f0706e82SJiri Benc bool "Extra statistics for TX/RX debugging" 209f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg depends on MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU 210f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg depends on MAC80211_DEBUGFS 211f0706e82SJiri Benc ---help--- 212f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg Selecting this option causes mac80211 to keep additional 213f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg and very verbose statistics about TX and RX handler use 214f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg and show them in debugfs. 215f0706e82SJiri Benc 216f4ea83ddSJohannes Berg If unsure, say N. 2170a2b8bb2SJohannes Berg 2180a2b8bb2SJohannes Bergconfig MAC80211_DRIVER_API_TRACER 2190a2b8bb2SJohannes Berg bool "Driver API tracer" 2200a2b8bb2SJohannes Berg depends on MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU 2210a2b8bb2SJohannes Berg depends on EVENT_TRACING 2220a2b8bb2SJohannes Berg help 2230a2b8bb2SJohannes Berg Say Y here to make mac80211 register with the ftrace 224*b5878a2dSJohannes Berg framework for the driver API -- you can then see which 225*b5878a2dSJohannes Berg driver methods it is calling and which API functions 226*b5878a2dSJohannes Berg drivers are calling by looking at the trace. 2270a2b8bb2SJohannes Berg 228*b5878a2dSJohannes Berg If unsure, say Y. 229